Travel updates (Flight delay 1 hr 40 min)

15:00 GMT  Just leaving Gatwick in 2 LJ Edwards coaches.  All being well we should arrive at around 15:45.

13:26 GMT  We have bounced down and are taxiing.

13:15 GMT  On our descent to Gatwick.

13:20 (Swiss time):  We are airborne but have been delayed by about 1 hr 40 min.

12:40 (Swiss time):  Engines will be starting at 12:50.  TOM4609 if you want to track the flight.

12:13 (Swiss time)  Boarded plane, expecting to leave at 12:30.

10:35 (Swiss time):  We are at Geneva airport and the flight has been delayed by an hour.  Will post updates.

Sartorial elegance on the slopes?

Some of our skiers dressed up a little for the last day on the slopes, but then the morning's skiing was cancelled owing to 108km/h winds and blizzards.  We are waiting to hear about the afternoon session.

Waiting for a weather update:

Beginners no more.

Sun, snow and slopes 

Wonderful Wednesday

Alpe d’huez

Pizza with Year 9

The Year 10 and Year 11 pupils went ice skating on Tuesday evening whilst Mr Knowelden and I took all the Year 9s out for an excellent pizza.  It was a restaurant we hadn't tried before and we were really impressed; the service was very rapid and the pizzas were excellent.

More advanced skiing

Whilst I was out with the beginners groups, Mr Shambrook was off up the mountains with one of our more advanced groups and sent me these photos.

Civilised skiing

This afternoon I went for a very civilised gentle but productive skiing session with Ben, Joseph and Jos.  Bernard, the excellent instructor helped the boys with their snowplough technique and Jos and I practised our parallel turns.  The sun was shining and the pistes were not at all busy.